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Beginning a Continuous Improvement Program
The first step is ensuring that your company is organized enough to support the improvement.
Companies with CNC machines are constantly looking for ways to improve productivity. For example, I have visited many that are highly interested in reducing setup and cycle times. However, in almost all cases, especially those that are trying to make improvements for the first time, they immediately encounter a roadblock that puts the improvement program on hold: organization.
The first step to continuous improvement is ensuring that your company is organized enough to support the improvement program. Before
you can begin to reduce setup or cycle times, or begin an improvement program of any kind, for that matter, your company must become better organized.
Every task a worker performs is directly affected by a company's level of organization, and, generally speaking, improving organization will often render the single-largest benefit for the company. The more often a task is performed, of course, the easier it is to justify improving it. Since a company's level of organization affects every task, it should be very easy to justify whatever it takes to get better organized.
Disorganization is pretty easy to spot. Cluttered work areas, difficult-to-find or lost components, jam-packed drawers and cabinets, perishable components (like inserts) that don't get replenished, and confused people are but a few obvious symptoms of disorganization. As you walk your shop, take an objective look. Can people easily find the components they need? Are their work areas clean and orderly? Do all often-used handtools have a place, and are they in their place? If you think your company is at all weak in these areas, you must get better organized.
The second step to continuous improvement is directly related to the first: ensuring that people are truly prepared to perform their assigned tasks before they start them. How close you can come to accomplishing this will act as a good gage of how well-organized you are.
Pick a task, any task. Watch your employees perform it. Do they have everything they need as they begin, or do they have to walk away mid-task to get some needed component? Do they walk away several times to retrieve needed items? Do they have to stop somewhere along the way to study or ask questions? Worse, do they have to backtrack, redoing some or all of what they have done so far?
Consider, for example, the task of making a workholding setup. This requires a workholding fixture, the handtools needed to mount it, any instruments (such as a dial indicator) needed to align it and raw material needed to load it. All of these components should be gathered before a person begins the process of making the workholding setup, eliminating the wasted time during the task required to retrieve needed items.
Ideally, this gathering of components will be done while the machine is in production, running a previous job. When the gathering is done off-line, the urgency is substantially reduced; a machine is not sitting idle, waiting on needed components.
In many companies, however, there simply aren't enough people available to do all the
gathering offline. This means the machine will be down while the gathering is completed, and it probably will be a very skilled and highly paid setup person who does the gathering. This dramatically increases the urgency related to gathering needed components.
To achieve this second step to continuous improvement and ensure that only one trip is required to do all of the gathering related to performing a given task, your company must be organized. The components themselves must be logically organized and stored to minimize gathering time and to make it possible for lesser-skilled workers to do the gathering.
We are assuming, of course, that the person performing the task knows which items he or she will need before beginning the task. This lack of knowledge can explain multiple trips to get needed components. The worker may complete part of the task before realizing the need for some other item—and he or she has to go get it mid-task.
We also are assuming this worker knows how to perform the task. If not, he or she must learn how, which often means interrupting someone (usually a more experienced person) and asking for help.
Both of these concerns can be handled beforehand through documentation related to the specific task to be accomplished. This documentation must specify the needed components and provide instructions for how to complete the task.
I cannot stress enough how important it is that you first make sure that your company is organized enough to then achieve the second step of making sure that your workers are prepared. Much, if not the majority, of wasted time and duplicated efforts are related to a disorganized environment and employees who are not truly ready to begin their assigned tasks.


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Three companies with major involvement in video games—EA, Zynga and Microsoft—have joined some 40 other companies, including the Gap, Google and Starbucks, along with several cities, including New York, Boston and Los Angeles, in filing a brief to support a legal challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act. The Act, signed into federal law in 1996, defines marriage as between a man and woman, restricting tax and health benefits from gay couples. The companies say the law is discriminatory, hurts morale and is onerous to comply with.
The brief was filed earlier this month in a case in California's 9th Circuit that may well go on to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court in a test to the law's Constitutionality. Read the full brief here [PDF link (via EA)].
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Dodgers to play exhibition game at Rancho Cucamonga
The Los Angeles Dodgers and Single-A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes announced today that the clubs will meet in a seven-inning exhibition game on Thursday, March 28 at 6:05 p.m. at The Epicenter in Rancho Cucamonga.
Los Angeles' split-squad will be managed by Hall of Fame Manager Tommy Lasorda with the roster to be announced at a later date.
"As an organization, we are excited about strengthening our relationship with the Quakes and the Quakes' fan base," said Dodger Vice President, Player Development De Jon Watson. "In this game, the fans will have an opportunity to see not only our Major League players but some of our young rising stars at the best facility in the California League."
"This is an amazing opportunity to showcase our partnership with the Los Angeles Dodgers," said Quakes' Vice President – General Manager Grant Riddle. "It will be exciting for Quakes' fans to see the Dodgers up close and personal, and to see them right here at The Epicenter will mark a once-in-a-lifetime experience!"
Tickets for this event are currently only available to Quakes MVPs (Ticket Package Holders). Ticket packages, which include a ticket to the Dodgers' exhibition game, start at just $89 and can be purchased by calling (909) 481-5000 or online at www.rcquakes.com.
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Alexa "Alex" Rose Steele (born on July 3, 1995 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actress best known for portraying Angela Jeremiah in the first five seasons of Degrassi: The Next Generation and Tori Santamaria in the series' eleventh and twelfth seasons. She is the younger sister of Cassie Steele, who portrayed Manny Santos in the first nine seasons. She is good friends with Munro Chambers, Sarah Fisher, Jessica Tyler, and Jordan Todosey. She is close friends with Olivia Scriven, Ricardo Hoyos, and Lyle Lettau.
- She starred in the movie The Choking Game.
- She was cast in an ABC pilot Original Sin.
- She had been confirmed to not return to Degrassi for Season 13.
- Alex's zodiac sign is a Cancer.
- She is the first Degrassi cast member to play more than one character in the same series.
- Her favorite couples on Degrassi are Eclare, Semma, Zori and Camaya.
- She plays the piano and guitar as shown in her Twitter. She also sings.
- Her favorite character was Tristan Milligan.
- Her Instagram is here.
- Her Tumblr is here.
- She has 3 dogs, one of whom is named Tristan.
- Her favorite scene is the uni-boob scene with Olivia.
- Her mother is of Filipino descent and her father is of a British/Canadian descent.
- The producers knew that Alex was previously Angela Jeremiah from 2001 to 2006, but stated that Alex nailed her audition for Tori and was perfect for the part.
- She's a fan of Justin Bieber.
- She loves bacon and pizza.
- Alex and Cassie Steele are two of ten actors on Degrassi to be related and the only pair to appear in Degrassi: The Next Generation. The others were Christopher Charlesworth (Scooter Webster) and Sarah Charlesworth (Susie Rivera), Anais Granofsky (Lucy Fernandez) and Lea-Helen Weir (Norah-Jean Rivera), Duncan Waugh (Arthur Kobalewscuy) and Annabelle Waugh (Dorothy), and Angela Deiseach (Erica Farrell) and Maureen Deiseach (Heather Farrell)
- She and Sara Waisglass share a birthday but she is 3 years older.
- It was mentioned in an interview with Cassie Steele that she is very competitive.
- It was also mentioned in the interview that she loves horseback riding.
- Having made her first appearance in Degrassi: The Next Generation in 2001, she was the first Degrassi cast member to have been born in the 1990s.
- Her mother Lily Steele emigrated from the Philippines to Canada in 1982 with her parents and seven siblings.
- Our Lips Are Sealed (1) is the final episode in which she and her sister Cassie both appear.
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Arguably, we just witnessed the greatest Masters finish ever. Because it didn't involve Tiger Woods.
It didn't matter whether you had Adam Scott or Angel Cabrera, as long as you didn't have Woods and his specious decision-making tainting the spectacular shotmaking and heartwarming story for the ages.
Truth is, you shouldn't have had Woods on your TV all weekend because he didn't know how to do the right thing any more than he knew how to play within the rules.
To review, Woods' chip on No. 15 hit the flagstick and caromed into Rae's Creek on Friday. He made an illegal drop and continued to play. A TV viewer alerted the competition committee that Woods dropped illegally. The committee reviewed it and found no wrongdoing. D'oh!
During his post-round media session, Woods said he dropped two yards farther back from the correct spot. Right there, intentional or not, Woods admitted he broke a rule and signed an incorrect scorecard. That's a gimme. See ya next year.
But no. Woods was assessed a two-stroke penalty. The Masters competition committee refused to disqualify Woods because it never brought the incident to the player's attention before he signed the scorecard.
It shouldn't have mattered. The committee shouldn't have to tell Woods what the right thing is. Woods should know the rules, know that he broke several, and know how to resolve it the honorable way. The Masters people have a history of idiocy, so I get their hamhanded act here. But Woods should know better.
Woods' post-ruckus interview Saturday was a self-indictment. At first, he said he didn't violate a rule, but by the end, he was saying the two-stroke penalty was fair because he made a mistake. Yes, that mistake was violating a rule that should be followed by a withdrawal without waiting for wonks to DQ you.
There is a rule that allows the competition wonks to cover their failures. That's not the issue. That shouldn't be the issue for Woods. Just because some rules wonks found a way around their own ignorance doesn't mean Woods didn't break a rule.
THAT is the issue, and it doesn't relieve Woods of the obligation to do the right thing, even if the people in charge don't know what that right thing is. That's when the honorable part of golf comes in. Or in Woods' case, that's when honor gets drowned in Rae's Creek.
To hear golfers yammer on with great sanctimony, the first rule of golf is honor. It's a game where players famously tell on themselves. It's a game of character, and character is doing the right thing even when nobody is looking.
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Everybody was looking at Woods and the Masters competition committee last weekend. They got exposed. Every Woods shot I saw Saturday and Sunday should've included a graphic that said, "Yeah, I broke a rule but they said I didn't have to go home.''
After all of the specious gobbledygook coming out of Woods and the competition committee --- and the obvious slapdown of Nick Faldo by CBS and/or Augusta National wonks --- Woods was in position to contend on Sunday.
But he couldn't hit enough greens and couldn't make enough putts. He had failed. By the time a classy youngster from Australia and an indefatigable former caddie from Argentina turned the end of the Masters into a game of HORSE, Wood was long gone.
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I cannot use or touch the horizontal nav of the website which is used for the first two levels of the website. I was looking for an alternative to a left-hand navigation which still offers high flexibility for the user.
So, my idea was to use sort of a breadcrumb navigation - though each item in the breadcrumb would be a drop down menu. Each selection in a drop list would populate the next drop down with the subpages of the selected page. As well a selection would open the corresponding page.
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Bobbi Brown's new holiday collection, Caviar & Oyster, is a classic example of what Brown is known for: timeless, easy, mix-and-matchable neutrals that work for everyone. "It's all about combining different textures and finishes," the makeup artist, author, and CEO explains. The collection's juxtaposition of dark, smoky earth tones paired with ethereal glitter remind us of a sparkly pink mini-skirt matched with sexy, beat-up Docs. It's unexpected, edgy, and sweet all at once. Here are some of our favorites from the line:
The centerpiece of the holiday collection is its namesake: the Caviar & Oyster Palette. The left drawer contains four light neutrals: a matte oyster, a matte light taupe, a shimmery pink, and a sparkly gray. The right drawer kicks it up a notch with a matte heather gray, a deep espresso, a shimmery steely plum, and a sparkly white-gold. The glittering shades are perfect for holiday parties, and the matte shades are just neutral enough to be classic. The bottom component stores Ballet, a sparkly pink highlighter brick. Sweep on with a fan brush for a more subtle sheen, or go full ice queen with a bronzing brush. Bonus: dab Ballet with your fingers on top of lip gloss in the center of the lower lip for some serious long-lasting sparkle.
Bobbi hasn't forgotten her famously plush lips. Five limited edition gloss shades include Pink Oyster, a disco-glitter pink, Oyster, a soft silver, and Black Pearl, an icy mauve that looks greyish and pearly in the tube but wears surprisingly sheer on the lips. The shades also include two limited edition brightening glosses infused with light-refractive particles, making them the ideal translucent topper for this season's dark lips. Moonlight Pearl looks metallic in the tube but sweeps with a hint of rose shimmer, and White looks opaque in the tube but goes on with a non-sticky, glass-like finish.
The Uber Nude Lip & Eye Palette, a separate addition the to holiday collection, caught our eye as well. The palette houses three matte shadows perfect for the polished, natural look: Navajo, a sandy white; Downtown, a light taupe-brown; and Espresso, a rich, dark brown that can be used as a soft liner or built up into an earthy, smokey eye. In the other panel is a creamy nude lip and a sparkly pink gloss, and tucked into the center is a mini nude glitter gloss with a doe-foot applicator. This pint-sized palette is great to toss into your party clutch for touch-ups, and at only $30, makes a great go-to gift for anyone on your list.
The holiday collection is quintessential Bobbi: universally flattering shades in fun, playful textures for a festive twist. It doesn't hurt that the packaging is purse-friendly and adorable. The wearability of these colors will ensure a place in your palette rotation long after the decorations come down.
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Humpback whale songs are absolutely haunting, but here's a marine mammal whose call is even more alien. This is the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii), an Antarctic pinniped whose vocalizations both underwater and top side resemble ambient techno. These pulses and chirps have territorial and mating functions and will probably give you chills.
You can listen to some underwater Weddell seal calls above, and hear some adults (and a pup!) vocalizing on ice in the video at left.
And should you be so inclined, the Weddell Seal Science project has a number of their calls available as free ringtones.
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Station elation: Local premiere draws happy crowd
Sometimes, you just have to give Charlottesville some credit. How many small towns foster multi-platinum recording artists, famous photographers, best selling authors, and– now– Sundance Film Festival heroes?
Last Thursday, November 28, I realized this town walks as big as it talks when the charismatic Barry Sisson led the local premiere of the much-acclaimed The Station Agent at Vinegar Hill Theatre.
As noted in several recent Hook stories, Sisson's role in bringing The Station Agent to life could be summed up as producer, and the critics– including the New York Times, the New Yorker, Roger Ebert, and even the Hook's own Steve Warren– have been liberal in their praise.
Champagne and dessert rewarded the post-premiere crowd at the downtown's Dot 2 Dot gallery. The movie put everyone in good mood, so the reception was warm, relaxed, and fun! (Makes me wonder what a reception would be like after a bad movie...).
As in any cinematic story, the event had a sub-plot. Before the showing and throughout the night, Sisson's gregarious daughter (Barri) and her seventh-grade classmates kept guests amused with their crazy outbursts and exuberant optimism. I remember being shy at that age. Compared to them, I think I'm still shy. Anyway, if you didn't know, cool people wear hats.
And go see The Station Agent.
Clockwise from left: Josh "Ladies Man" Rombach, Anna Duensing, Emily Ripper, Cameron Crumpler, Cara Jiaramite, Rosie Motley, and Barri Sisson
Marc Lieberman and I were in the same boat throughout the night.
Rosie "Cool Hat" Motley with mom, Sandy
Barry Sisson at Q&A after the showing
Ruth Morton is the Champagne Queen!
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Teufel to lead Bisons
The New York Mets have selected Tim Teufel to lead the Buffalo Bisons manager for the 2011 season. The World Series Champion becomes the Herd's 16th manager in the modern era.
LISTEN: Ben Wagner talks with manager, Tim Teufel
Teufel, 52, is entering his eighth season as a minor league manager in the Mets organization and his first at the Triple-A level. He began his managerial career in 2003 with short-season Brooklyn of the NY-Penn League and earned a 47-28 record and a McNamara Division championship. Teufel then spent five of the next six seasons as a Single-A manager in the Mets system before joining Double-A Binghamton in 2010 (66-76 record).
LISTEN: Bobby Ojeda on his former Mets teammate
For his career, Teufel has a 403-480 (.456) record as a minor league skipper. He joined the Mets organization in 1998 when he was named to the professional scouting department. He spent the 2001 and 2002 seasons as the Mets minor league infield coordinator.
Teufel played 11 major league seasons from 1983-1993, including six with the New York Mets (1986-1991). He played 93 regular season games for the 1986 World Series Champion Mets and hit .444 (4-9) with a home run and an RBI in three games against the Boston Red Sox.
LISTEN: B-Mets broadcaster, Matt McCabe on Teufel's managerial style
Returning to Triple-A for the first time since 1983, during in his playing days, he was originally drafted by Minnesota in the second round of the June 1980 Free Agent Draft and played in parts of three seasons with the Twins before an off-season trade in 1986 brought him to New York. The infielder finished his career with three years in San Diego. Overall, Teufel hit .254 with 86 home runs and 379RBI in 1,073 career big league games.
Pitching Coach – Ricky Bones
Bones has spent each of the past two seasons as the Bisons pitching coach. In each campaign, the Bisons have led the International League in complete games. Last year, the Herd pitching staff finished 2nd in the IL with 1,063 strikeouts, the second-highest single-season total in the Buffalo modern era. Prior to joining the Bisons, Bones spent 2007 and 2008 as the pitching coach of the Binghamton Mets (AA) of the Easter League. He joined the Mets in 2006 as the pitching coach for the Florida State League Champion St. Lucie Mets.
Bones pitched 11 seasons in the major leagues with San Diego, Milwaukee, New York-AL, Cincinnati, Kansas City, Baltimore and Florida with a career record of 63-82 and a 4.85ERA in 375 games. He was an American League All-Star with Milwaukee in 1994 and won 10+ games in three consecutive seasons with the Brewers (11 -1993, 10 -1994, 10 -1995).
Hitting Coach – Mike Easler
Easler is entering his first season in the Mets organization. Since his retirement in 1988, he's served as the hitting coach for Milwaukee (1992), Boston (1993) and St. Louis (1999-2001). He joined the Lost Angeles Dodgers organization in 2006 as the hitting coach at Double-A Jacksonville and moved onto Triple-A Las Vegas in 2007. He split the 2008 season as the Dodgers hitting coach and the organization's minor league hitting instructor.
Nicknamed the "Hit Man" during his 14-year big league career, Easler averaged .293 with 118 home runs and 522RBI in 1,151 major league games with Houston, California, Pittsburgh, Boston, Philadelphia and the New York Yankees. The outfielder was a National League All-Star with Pittsburgh in 1981 and was part of the 1979 World Series Champion Pirates team.
Athletic Trainer – Brian Chicklo
Chicklo is entering his 3rd year as the Bisons athletic trainer and his 12th year in New York's organization. In 2008, he was named Pacific Coast League Trainer-of-the-Year while with the New Orleans Zephyrs. Chicklo graduated from Shenandoah University in 1995 with a BS in Kinesiology and earned an MS Degree in Sports Injury Management from UNLV in 1998.
Strength and Conditioning Coach – Ken Coward
Coward is entering his 3rd year as the Bisons strength and conditioning coach. He is certified as a strength and conditioning specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. He is also a Level One United States weightlifting club coach with the US Weightlifting Association. Coward owns an online personal training company named Total Human Elevation.


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Charlie Sheen Buys a Winning House in Mulholland Estates
Charlie Sheen Buys a #Winning Mediterranean
Charlie Sheen may or may not be off his rocker, but there's one facet of his high-profile life where I do believe he is #winning. Sheen just scooped up a 9,020-square-foot, six-bedroom, eight-bath manse in the prestigious gated community of Mulholland Estates in Sherman Oaks, CA for $7.5 million, and it is a beauty.
Save for the Mediterranean-style exterior, which is I think too played-out in Los Angeles, the house is stunning. The estate has sophisticated hardwood floors throughout; a fresh, white traditional kitchen with fancy new Bosch appliances; French doors; an open floor plan with a two-story entry and sweeping staircase; a mirrored entry bar; and views of the city, mountains, and canyons. Step outside for an outdoor bar/kitchen with Viking barbeque, two terraces, lawns, and large gas-heated veranda a pool.
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MANCHESTER — Last chance to see Printmaking in the Age of Rembrandt, closing January 6, features prints and etchings by artists including Rembrandt van Rijn and his contemporaries Hendrick Goltzius and Jan Dirkszoon Both. Also on view through January 6 is White Mountain Breakfront. The piece combines the artistry of David Lamb and James Aponovich. This collaborative piece of artwork features panels painted by Aponovich within a monumental sized cabinet designed and crafted by Lamb. Opening Feb. 2 is Lethal Beauty: Samurai Weapons and Armor which will display the striking duality of deadly weaponry and artistic beauty from the Samurai culture of centuries past.
The museum's entrance is located at 150 Ash Street and free parking is available in the on-site lot. Museum hours are Sunday, Monday, Wednesday — Friday 11 a.m. — 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. — 5 p.m., with extended hours on the First Thursday of each month until 8 p.m. Closed Tuesday. Admission to the museum is always free for children 17 and under and museum members, and every Saturday from 10 a.m. — noon admission is free to everyone. For more information, visit www.currier.org or call 603.669.6144 x108.
Second Sunday Jazz Brunch with Guitarist John Choiunard
Sunday, January 13 from 11 a.m. — 2 p.m.
Set aside the second Sunday of each month to enjoy brunch and live jazz. Brunch menu consists of: made-to order omelets and made-to-order pancakes with fun mix-ins; fresh pastries; seasonal fruit; sausage; bacon; smoked salmon and much more! Refer to CURRIER.ORG for more details. $19.95 for adults, $6.95 for kids 10 and under; $8.95 for continental only. Reservations are highly recommended but not required. If you would like to make a reservation or if your group is larger than eight, please contact the Currier's Event Department at 603.669.6144 x110.
Public Guided Tours Daily at 1 p.m.
Tours are offered daily (except Tuesday when the museum is closed) at 1 p.m., featuring highlights of the collection. Public tours are free with museum admission.
Zimmerman House Ticketed Tours: CLOSING FOR THE SEASON AFTER JANUARY 6
The Zimmerman House Public Tour provides visitors with a 1.5 hour tour of the house with information about the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, the commission and design of the house, and details about the Zimmermans, who lived in the house for 36 years. Take a tour Thursday and Friday at 2 p.m., Saturday and Sunday at 11:30 and 2 p.m. Reservations are required. FREE for museum members. $20 Adults; $19 Seniors; $16 Students; $8 Children 7-17. Tickets include admission to the Currier Museum. Tickets for the 2013 season will go on sale March 1 and tours will begin April 11.
For more information about tour schedules, tickets, and offerings, visit CURRIER.ORG or call 603.669.6144 x108. Assistive listening systems are available for all public and private tours.
Private Group Tours It's not too early to schedule a private tour of the Zimmerman House this spring! Private tours of the Zimmerman House can be scheduled throughout the week and on weekends. While each tour is limited to 13 people, back-to-back tours can be scheduled for larger groups on Wednesdays. Private Zimmerman House Tours are available in English, French and Spanish! Call 603.669.6144 x113 to schedule a private tour. Adults (for a group of 13) are $160. Students (grade school and college, a group of 13) are $100. All prices include general admission to the museum.
First Thursday LIVE!
Howie Newman
Thursday, January 3 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Now that the holidays are over, kick back and enjoy an evening of "funny songs, short comedy bits and lots of audience participation" with Howie Newman. You may recognize his music from 92.5 The River and NHPR. A cash bar and full menu is available in the cafe. Free for Currier members; $10 for non-members.
Museum Focus Tour: Eat, Drink, and Be Merry
Sunday, January 6, 11:30 a.m.
Delicious meals have always brought people together — and now you can enjoy them in a whole new way! Consider the different ways and reasons artists have included tasty treats in their work over the years, from decadent Dutch-Baroque still life paintings to the photographic realism of contemporary artists. If you work up an appetite during the tour, be sure to stop by the Winter Garden Caf� for snack when the tour is done! Free with museum admission.
Family Saturday: Every Picture Tells a Story
Saturday, January 12 from 10 a.m. — 1 p.m.
Spend some quality family time at the Currier the second Saturday of every month. Participate in hands-on art activities, go on a guided family gallery tour (11:30 a.m.), visit the Discovery Gallery, or use a family gallery guide. Museum admission is free from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Children 17 and under and museum members always enjoy free admission.
Museum Focus Tour: 3 Works in 30 Minutes
Sunday, January 13 11:30 a.m.
Did you know the average person spends less than 30 seconds with a given work of art at a museum? This tour will allow for you to go more in-depth with three works on view with plenty of time for questions, comments, and musings. It will be the perfect primer for exploring the rest of the museum at your own pace! Free with museum admission.
15 Minute Gallery Talk with Jane Seney
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy in Art
Monday, January 21 11:30 a.m.
In 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream," speech on the mall in Washington, DC. This gallery talk will examine how various artists since then have dealt with issues of racism, equality, and the vision that King expressed so eloquently forty years ago. Free with museum admission.
Museum Focus Tour: The Female Form in Sculpture
Saturday, January 26 11:30 a.m.
The female form has inspired artists for thousands of years. This focus tour will trace how sculptors have dealt with the various challenges of conveying in the figure in three-dimensions and consider the innovative choices they made to keep this timeless subject cutting edge. Free with museum admission.
Storytime in the Gallery
Monday, January 28 at 11:30 a.m.
Listen to A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis, look at Snow and Water by Arthur Dove and create a work of art of your own. Recommended for ages 3 to 5, but all are welcome. Free with museum admission. Children 17 and under and museum members always enjoy free admission.
Currier Museum Art Center Winter Term
January 28 — April 8
The Currier Museum Art Center offers studio art classes for students of all ages and abilities. The Winter term runs January 28-April 8 and features weekly classes, one-day workshops and Vacation Art Camps. Currier Museum of Art Members receive a 10% discount on all Art Center classes and workshops. More information online at www.currier.org or please call 603.669.6144 x122 or visit the Art Center in person at 180 Pearl Street, Manchester, NH.
About the Currier
The Currier Museum of Art (www.currier.org) in Manchester, NH is home to an internationally respected collection of European and American paintings, decorative arts, photographs and sculpture. Galleries showcase the collection of more than 12,000 objects, including works by Picasso, Matisse, Monet, O'Keeffe and Warhol. Visitors of all ages will enjoy the engaging exhibitions, and dynamic programs ranging from music to lectures to hands-on artmaking, an expanded gift shop and an airy, light-filled cafe and equipped with free WiFi.
The associated Art Center offers studio classes, art camps and intensive workshops for all ages. The museum also owns the Zimmerman House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, complete with the original furnishings and the owners' fine art collection. The Zimmerman House is the only Wright-designed house in New England, and is open for public tours from April through mid-January. To book a tour or get more information, visit www.currier.org or call 603.669.6144, x108.


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Why yes, that is the new Corvette SS (or whatever) powertrain being mule-tested at — well, we'll just let the guy who just lost his job by posting these on a forum explain where they are from:
"lufthansa cargo in michigan. we got a redz06 and a regular orangec6. the z06 has some black tarp on the hood and the fenders, i cant tell if its a centr. supercharger its to dark outside...ok its gotta be supercharged i just saw a intercooler."
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UPDATE: The individual who took the photos, an employee of the shipping company EMO TRANS, is now in jail. Here's what we know.
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Re: Pagination when transferring Mathematica docs to PDF
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- Subject: [mg106677] Re: Pagination when transferring Mathematica docs to PDF
- From: ragfield <ragfield at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 04:50:14 -0500 (EST)
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On Jan 20, 5:49 am, M Kelly <michaelkelly1... at gmail.com> wrote: > I want to know how to introduce Pagination when transferring > Mathematica documents to Adobe PDF. > For instance I can use Export["file.pdf", TableForm[{expr1, > expr2, ..,exprn}] ] but this creates a long PDF document with only one > long page. How do I break it up into a number of pages? > Or alternatively I could use: NotebookPrint[ CreateDocument[ TableForm > [{expr1, expr2, ..,exprn}] ], "file.pdf"] > But this creates another problem, because if any of the expressions > expr1, .., exprn are Plots or Charts then it often happens that parts > of the plots get distributed over 2 pages, with the beginning on one > page and the end on the next page. Is it possible to force pagination > so that the plots don't get dissected? I think if you want finer control over page breaking you're going to have to split your output into multiple cells. Then use PageBreakWithin->False for the cells which should not have page breaks. -Rob


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Royal Caribbean has yet another ship in its fleet fresh from a face lift after a three-week, $29 million dry dock for the Serenade of the Seas.
The ship was the recipient of the Royal Advantage program, which has already touched seven previous ships in the fleet. The upgrades borne out of popular amenities aboard the Oasis-class ships include new restaurants, upgraded atrium and all sorts of technological bells and whistles.
The ship docked at Navantia Ship Yard in Cadiz, Spain for the upgrades and will now continue sailing the Mediterranean through January before migrating to Dubai for the spring. It then returns to Barcelona before eventually home porting in New Orleans in November 2013.
Passengers can expect almost twice the number of dining options than before with the addition of Giovanni's Table, Izumi Asian Cuisine, Park Café, Rita's Cantina and Chef's Table.
Also part of the refit is an upgrade to the Radiance-class ship's atrium area known as the Centrum. The space now features the Centrum experience, the highlight of which is acrobatic performances as well as the addition of the '60s-era R Bar.
Other additions include the Crown and Castle Pub, Royal Babies and Tots Nursery as well as a new Concierge Club for suite guests and Diamond Club for the line's loyalty program members.
Technological upgrades include shipwide Wi-Fi and the addition of flat-panel TVs in all staterooms, an outdoor LED movie screen on the pool deck and digital deck navigation screens for those wandering the decks and in need of direction.
The 965-foot, 2,500-passenger Serenade was originally built in 2002. The New Orleans itineraries include seven- and nine-night Caribbean and Bahamas trips.
Royal Caribbean currently sails the larger Voyager-class Navigator of the Seas out of New Orleans. Serenade will sail out of the Big Easy through April 2014. New Orleans has two Carnival ships and one Norwegian Cruise Line ship for the winter season both this year and in 2013.
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DESTIN � On Saturday evening some of the world�s best endurance runners will stride off onto the beach. They�ll watch the moon set, the sun rise and then set again � and they�ll still be running.
DESTIN � On Saturday evening some of the world�s best endurance runners will stride off onto the beach. They�ll watch the moon set, the sun rise and then set again � and they�ll still be running.
Six people will vie to break the world record for running the farthest distance in 24 hours in the sand as part of the third-annual Destin Beach Ultra Run.
About 90 more will participate in a 50-mile run on the beach Sunday.
The third-annual event is a fundraiser for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides full scholarships for children of Special Ops servicemen who have died in combat.
Mike Morton, the 41-year-old who holds the current American record for the 24-hour run (172.4 miles), is an Army Special Operations master sergeant stationed at MacDill Air Force Base near Tampa.
The run is for a cause that hits home for him, he said.
�Having seen families who have lost their dad or husband, that�s a tragedy that they continue to deal with even after all the services are over and other people have moved on,� Morton said. �The Special Operations Warrior Foundation stays there to help them for the long term. It�s important not to forget the families that were left behind.�
The runners have already raised about $35,000 through pledges and fundraising drives. Race Director Zane Holscher said he hopes the event can raise at least $5,000 more.
Holscher, a Special Operations airman who served at Hurlburt Field for five years, said he started the 50-mile race to raise money for the Warrior Fund, a cause he has supported since two fellow Air Force Academy graduates were killed in Iraq in 2005.
He met later with the widow and child of one of the airmen and saw first-hand the importance of providing for fallen comrades� families.
Even though his service has taken him to another location, Holscher continues to return to Destin to organize the event. It�s grown exponentially over the years; in 2011, only 18 people finished the 50-mile race.
The 24-hour record attempt is a new addition. They�ve set up the run with painstaking detail so it should qualify as an official Guinness Book of World Records attempt, Holscher said.
The contenders will run up and down a one-mile stretch of beach in front of Tops�l Beach Resort in Miramar Beach.
The record for running on sand for 24 hours is 83.04 miles. The longest known run, unofficially, is 94.08 miles.
Morton said he didn�t really train for this weekend�s run. Holscher noted though that he ran � and won � two 100-mile races in the past few weeks.
He said he mostly focuses on getting fit, building endurance and getting his body efficient.
The 50-mile course, believed to be the longest of its kind on only beachfront, runs from Tops�l east to Seagrove Beach, turns back west to Destin Harbor and then returns east to Tops�l. Runners will start at 5 a.m.
The fastest runner to complete the race so far did it in seven hours, Holscher said.
Ann Gwinnup, a 39-year-old from Niceville who has completed the 50-mile run in Destin the last two years, said she tries to take a long run on the beach each weekend in the weeks leading up.
�It�s definitely slower (than pavement) and it takes more of a toll on your ankles and feet,� she said. �You have to pay more attention to your footing, but in terms of beauty, there�s no comparison.�
She�ll run at least half the miles barefoot. She loves to feel the sand beneath her feet and the water on her toes.
Once on a beach run, a group of stingrays swam along with her, tracking her for a few miles, she said. Last year during the 50-mile run, she found live starfish and even a sea horse that she stooped to toss back into the waves.
She hopes to complete this year�s race in about 12 hours.
Twenty-five relay teams also will be running the 50 miles. Two of those teams are deployed, but will start their race at the same time as the runners in Destin, Holscher said.
On Saturday, for runners not quite up for the endurance challenge, the Son of Beach 5K and Cross Fit challenge will be held at the Back Porch restaurant. Registration is still open; at least 65 people already have signed up.
Saturday�s events will be dedicated to the crew of Ratchet 33, the U-28 plane that crashed about one year ago, killing all four Hurlburt airmen onboard.
People are invited to Tops�l to cheer on the runners Sunday, especially those vying for the 24-hour record.
�They are going to be needing some cheering on by Sunday morning, for sure by Sunday afternoon,� Holscher said.
TO LEARN MORE: Visit www.destin50.com.
Contact Daily News Staff Writer Lauren Sage Reinlie at 850-315-4440 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @LaurenRnwfdn.


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a cross-post from Education Rethink
1. Teachers are over-worked. For all the vacation time we are supposed to have, many teachers work additional jobs to make ends meet. They don't necessarily have the time to fight the political and economic systems that are at work against the profession.
2. Teachers will take as many left hooks as you can offer. After all, schools are dens of indoctrination and the only solution is educational anarchy.
3. Teachers will also take punches from the right. After all, teachers ask students to think critically about American history, explain descent with modification, teach sex ed and encourage tolerance.
4. It's easy to confuse the system with the people who work hard to change it. For example, on The Innovative Educator, guest writers have called teachers slave-drivers, prison guards, child-abusers and thieves. Teachers make a great punching bag here, because the system is made of concrete and steel and who wants to punch industrialization anyway?
5. Teachers are notoriously nice and typically don't punch back. While this panders to stereotypes, there are many within early childhood education that are kind and gentle spirits. I've watched my son's teachers have more patience with him (and with all the students) than I do. There's nothing wrong with being nice, but I'm beginning to see even the gentlest kindergarten teachers put on their gloves and punch back.
6. Teachers aren't part of the top one percent who control the vast majority of the wealth in our country. If Bill Gates makes it a priority to use teachers as punching bags and promote Khan-style Light-Bright solutions in math, the media will report it as a solution. If Punch-a-Teacher is a carnival game, Gates can not only buy as many tickets as he wants; he can buy the entire carnival.
7. Like most punching bags, we're resilient. Teachers tend to love their jobs and continue to serve out of social rather than economic norms. Punch them and they come right back and serve, tirelessly and with a sense of gratitude. There is a cost, though, in being so beat-down. Teachers are worn-out and a collective cultural thank you would go a long way.
8. Most people have a former teacher they would love to punch. Therefore, it's way too easy to normalize the few bad cases by reframe social perceptions. Unlike other heroic professions (fire fighters, for example), most people in society have experience with teachers. As students, they saw the imperfect humanity and experienced a few really bad teachers. By reframing the debate into anecdotal stories, people can focus on the bad teachers they have and conclude that teachers suck.
9. The union sucks. There, I said it. The NEA offers their endorsement like an over-eager suitor who is seeking an abusive relationship. Instead of protecting teachers from the punches, they've paid politicians to take a shot at everything teachers hold sacred. "Hey Arne, here's some cash. Go ahead and support the full-scale firing of all teachers in one school. Oh and blame us. Complain about how hard it is to hire teachers. We'll just give you more money." I dropped my union membership the minute that they supported Obama. Were they choosing the lesser of two evils? Perhaps. But why are we choosing evil in the first place?
10. People are hurting and they need to punch back. It feels like the teachers didn't take as huge a hit in the bad economy. The truth is that many lost their jobs and faced salary freezes. But, ah, they have pensions. Those bastards! It doesn't matter that we pay ten percent of our check into state pension. It doesn't matter that when the economy was booming, no one complained that we weren't "bearing the economic burden" of a bull economy. It doesn't matter that we are still one of the lowest paying professions for the level of education we earn. None of that matters, because we have a pension. And when boomers have lost so much of their own 401k's, a teacher is a far less threatening punching bag than a transnational bank.


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Denver Becomes The Summit League's Newest Member
ELMHURST, Ill. – The University of Denver accepted an invitation to become The Summit League's newest member institution, the university and league announced Tuesday. Denver will join The Summit League during the 2013-14 academic year.
"I am pleased to announce the University of Denver as our league's newest member," said Summit League Commissioner Tom Douple. "The university is a tremendous addition with an excellent academic reputation and a history of very successful athletics. Denver is a renowned metropolitan area and easily accessed through one of the world's leading airports. All of those qualities make the University of Denver an excellent fit for The Summit League."
Denver's membership will take effect on July 1, 2013. The Pioneers, who compete in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, and women's volleyball, will be immediately eligible for all Summit League Championships during the 2013-14 season.
"Just as a university is responsible for providing its student-athletes with solid instruction and guidance both in the classroom and on the field of play, a robust conference values educational excellence as well as athletic achievement," said University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe. "Considering its strong academic focus along with the competitive success of its member institutions' sports programs, we could not be more pleased than to find a permanent home in The Summit League."
"The current climate within collegiate athletics has made it imperative that the University find a stable home for the majority of our sport programs," said DU Vice Chancellor for Athletics, Recreation and Ritchie Center Operations Peg Bradley-Doppes. "The Summit League is an excellent alliance for our teams, with many institutions within the conference already familiar to residents of the Rocky Mountain region. Our student-athletes will be able to jump in and compete for NCAA post season play right away, which is the goal for all of our athletic programs."
"The extensive document review and the recent site visit verified the close alignment of the University of Denver, academically and athletically, with the member universities of The Summit League. DU has very strong undergraduate, graduate and professional programs and very competitive and accomplished intercollegiate athletics programs," said South Dakota State University President Dr. David Chicoine, the chair of The Summit League's President's Council and a member of the site visit team. "The discussions the site visit team had with faculty leadership, the Chancellor, the Provost and athletics department leadership affirmed the value DU brings to the League and the value The Summit League can bring to DU. It is an outstanding opportunity for us and we are pleased to have DU join The Summit League."
"The inclusion of the University of Denver into The Summit League continues the commitment to strengthening our membership academically and athletically," said Western Illinois Assistant Vice President for Student Services/Director of Athletics Dr. Tim Van Alstine. "Denver has a rich history of competing at a high level and it will certainly bolster the already impressive national profile of The Summit League. I know our coaches and student-athletes will welcome the Pioneers and will look forward to competing with them."
Founded in 1864, the University of Denver has an enrollment of 11,797, including 5,453 undergraduates and 6,344 graduate students. Academically, the Wall Street Journal's 2007 rankings of top business schools ranked DU's Daniels College of Business seventh in the nation for producing graduates with high ethical standards. Daniels College of Business is in the top 15 percent of undergraduate programs and the top five percent of graduate programs among the approximately 550 business schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). U.S. News & World Report's annual 2012 college rankings for undergraduate education place Denver 82nd among national doctorial universities.
In athletics, Denver has won four of the last five NCAA Division I-AAA Director's Cups and finished as high as No. 47 in the Directors Cup among all Division I institutions. Within the past 10 years, the Pioneers have captured five NCAA Championships and 18 individual NCAA Championships. Denver also combined for 32 conference tournament championships, 20 regular season championships and 153 individual championships during that span. The Pioneers produced 30 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans and captured 11 Sun Belt Conference Graduate Rate Awards over the past 12 seasons.
Famous alumni of the University of Denver include: Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; Pete Coors, CEO of Coors Brewing Co.; Brad Anderson, Vice Chairman and CEO of Best Buy, Co., Inc.; Andy Taylor, Chairman and CEO Enterprise Rent-A-Car; and Olympic Silver and Bronze Figure Skating Medalist Michelle Kwan. Notables in professional sports from DU include: current San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich; Jerome Biffle, 1952 Olympic Long Jump Gold Medalist; former NHL players Kevin Dineen, Keith Magnuson and Bill Masterson; former NHL executive and 1980 "Miracle On Ice" assistant coach Craig Patrick; and current NHL standouts Matt Carle (Philadelphia Flyers), Tyler Bozak (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Paul Stastny (Colorado Avalanche).
Denver's metro area ranks as the 21st largest in the United States with a population of 2.87 million. The city of Denver had a population of 619,968 in 2011 and features the 10th largest downtown area. Denver has professional teams in each of the five major sports leagues and its airport is the largest by area in the United States and ranked as the 11th-busiest by passenger traffic in the world in 2011.
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NICODA stands for New International Community of Drama and Arts, her performing arts organization that is in the process of becoming non-profit. Starting next summer, she plans to launch an annual NICODA festival, an event where artists will be able to showcase their talents as well as compete for prizes that will help advance their passions. She is currently in discussions with schools about providing courses and certificate programs to the winners.
"Eventually when this becomes a brand, this will be a destination festival," said Miller. "I want to give other artists, especially aspiring artists, a venue for performing."
Until then, however, she is working on producing a series of smaller events in conjunction with Contaminate NYC, a network of artists, art lovers and curators. These events will be more genre specific than a festival, featuring groups of poets reading poetry or string musicians performing together in concert. Often times, the events will be hosted in underserved neighborhoods.
"There is such a dearth of art in these neighborhoods," said Miller, "that high school kids, even young adults, don't really get a chance to experience it unless they're outside their neighborhoods."
As for Miller herself, growing up in the country of Jamaica, she looked forward to performing in the cultural festival Welsh Eisteddfod every year. It instilled in her a lifelong love of drama, and recently she was cast in the role of Adam in the Oxford Shakespeare Company's production of "As You Like It" after a long stint away from theater.
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VANCOUVER, Canada (Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012) – Real Salt Lake (13-9-3, 42 points, West #2) dropped its fifth consecutive road match across all competitions on Saturday, conceding twice in the second half to fall 2-1 at Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Real Salt Lake DF Nat Borchers headed home FW Paulo Jr.'s cross in the waning moments to pull a goal back, snapping the club's road scoring drought at 360 minutes in MLS play and 450 minutes over all competitions.
Both teams started the match relatively well, trading a chances in the opening 25 minutes. Vancouver had the first opportunity, nearly going ahead in the 13th minute when FW Camilo forced RSL GK Nick Rimando into a difficult save with a blistering shot from 30 yards.
RSL hit back with a chance of its own in the 25th minute. FW Álvaro Saborío – who scored both RSL goals in the team's 2-1 win over Vancouver at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 27 – got on the end of MF Javier Morales' cross at the left post, flicking a fabulous header past Vancouver GK Brad Knighton and DF Jay DeMerit only for the ball to bang harmlessly off the post.
DeMerit and Knighton collided violently on the play. DeMerit took the brunt of it, staying down for a couple of minutes and - despite gamely attempting to keep playing - going off in the 31st minute. The Vancouver captain was replaced by MLS debutant DF Andy O'Brien.
Camilo had another chance in first-half stoppage time, nearly putting Vancouver on the board just before the break. The Brazilian attacker got on the end of MF Barry Robson's cross at the PK spot, rising above a multitude of other players and snapping a solid header toward goal to force Rimando into a fine diving save.
That chance took the sides into halftime. RSL made a precautionary change at the break, taking out Morales due to slight adductor tightness and replacing him with MF Luis Gil.
Vancouver took advantage of a fortunate bounce to take a 1-0 lead in the 58th minute. Camilo got the goal, running onto RSL MF Will Johnson's deflected clearance in the left side of the box before finishing from a tight angle.
FW Dane Richards doubled Whitecaps FC's advantage just six minutes later. The Jamaican international collected a pass from FW Darren Mattocks just right of center, taking advantage of ample time on the ball to curl a 25-yard right-footer inside the near post.
The Claret-and-Cobalt had a decent chance in the 66th minute. Saborío had the look, driving a low shot toward the far post from the top right corner of the 18 that Knighton bobbled before eventually collecting.
RSL's urgency escalated as the second half wore on, the insertion of FW Paulo Jr. bringing energy to the pitch. The fleet-footed Brazilian – returning to the RSL gameday 18 after a few weeks on a short-term loan with the minor-league Ft. Lauderdale Strikers, where he scored a goal and added an assist in two games – tracked down a ball in the corner in second half stoppage time, sending a cross to the far post for Borchers to flick home and cut the deficit to 2-1.
Unfortunately for RSL, Borchers' goal was too little too late, as the Claret-and-Cobalt dropped its third-straight match across all competitions. Real Salt Lake returns to action next Saturday, when they'll host FC Dallas at Rio Tinto Stadium.
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Real Salt Lake Match Notes – VAN 2 : 1 RSL
- Tonight's loss drops RSL to 4-6-1 in its 11 MLS games since the early June FIFA break in MLS play, including a 1-4-0 mark away from home, the only road win coming in the 3-0 victory at Chivas USA on June 16. Incidentally, the Borchers goal during tonight's stoppage time was the first since Will Johnson scored at The Home Depot Center to close out that win, RSL being outscored 11-2 on the road in that span.
- For the second consecutive week, RSL failed to secure three points that would have allowed the club to leap-frog over current MLS Supporters Shield and Western Conference incumbent San Jose Earthquakes, which hold a two-point lead – and a game in hand – over RSL, pending tonight's result at home against Seattle Sounders FC. With tonight's Vancouver win over RSL, the second-year Whitecaps FC move into a third-place tie with Seattle in the West race at 37 points.
- The setback at Vancouver drops RSL to 4-6-2 on the road this year, stuck on 14 points – one win and five points shy of matching the club's all-time high, set last year with a 5-8-4 (19 points) cumulative road performance.
- Next Saturday, RSL hosts visiting FC Dallas (5-11-9, 24 points, West #8) at Rio Tinto Stadium, the West foe traveling to Salt Lake on the heels of tonight's home match against Colorado and a Wednesday visit to Vancouver.
- Just 72 hours after RSL hosts Dallas, matchday #2 in the 2012-13 CONCACAF Champions League arrives to Sandy, as the Claret-and-Cobalt will host Panamanian champion Tauro FC at Rio Tinto Stadium. RSL trails Group 2 leader C.S. Herediano (Costa Rica) by virtue of the club's 0-1 road loss on July 31.
- A very limited number of tickets remain for both August home matches for RSL, and can be purchased online at www.RealSaltLake.com or by calling 801.727.2700 Mon-Sat during business hours 10a-6p. Fans can also purchase tickets at the Rio Tinto Stadium box office or the RSL Team Store (10a-5p) on the northeast corner of the Stadium.
- Two of RSL's regular starters – FW Alvaro Saborio (Costa Rica) and MF Will Johnson (Canada) – depart directly from Vancouver on Sunday to join their respective national teams for FIFA friendlies on Wednesday, Costa Rica hosting Peru in San Jose's National Stadium and Canada facing Trinidad & Tobago in Florida.
- The United States National Team travels to Mexico City's famed Azteca Stadium to face regional arch-rival Mexico, with RSL Captain Kyle Beckerman and GK Nick Rimando hoping to have their names announced by USMNT manager Jurgen Klinsmann when he unveils the USA selectionSunday at 2:00 p.m. MT.
Goals by Period 1 2 F
Real Salt Lake 0 1 1
Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 2 2
Scoring Summary: VAN – Camilo – 58'
VAN – Dane Richards (Darren Mattocks, Camilo) – 64'
RSL – Nat Borchers (Paulo Jr) - 93+
Misconduct Summary: RSL – Tony Beltran (Foul) – 37'
VAN – Alain Rochat (Foul) – 41'
VAN – Gershon Koffie (Foul) – 49'
VAN - Jun Marques Davidson (Foul) - 83'
Real Salt Lake (4-1-2-1-2) – Nick Rimando; Tony Beltran, Kwame Watson-Siriboe, Nat Borchers, Chris Wingert; Kyle Beckerman (C); Ned Grabavoy, Will Johnson (Jonny Steele, 75'); Javier Morales (Luis Gil, 46'); Alvaro Saborio, Fabian Espindola (Paulo Jr., 67')
Substitutes Not Used: Kyle Reynish (GK), Justin Braun, Kenny Mansally, Yordany Alvarez
Vancouver Whitecaps (4-3-3) – Brad Knighton (GK); Lee Young-Pyo, Martin Bonjour, Jay DeMerit (C) (Andy O'Brien, 31'), Alain Rochat; Gershon Koffie, Barry Robson, Jun Marques Davidson; Camilo (Russell Teibert, 87'), Darren Mattocks (Kenny Miller, 71'), Dane Richards
Substitutes Not Used: Brian Sylvestre (GK), Atiba Harris, Jordan Harvey, John Thorrington
Referee: Paul Ward
Referee's Assistants: Kevin Duliba, Jeremy Hanson
4th Official: Drew Fischer
Attendance: 20,083
Weather: Sunny and 75 degrees
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